Broadcaster Jim Lampley Talks About the Luck, Timing and Moments that Led to Book, ‘It Happened!’
Posted May 15, 2025
Broadcaster Jim Lampley, who went to the University of North Carolina and is a former WCHL staffer, returned to live in Chapel Hill after a long career of working at the height of sports television. His decades-long career spanning a variety of sports and major historical moments led to him embarking on a new project: writing his first book.
(Chapelboro.com)
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